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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Small entrepreneurial businesses are the backbone |
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of the free enterprise system, and so it is fitting to recognize the |
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13th anniversary of the first keg shipped by the Saint Arnold |
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Brewing Company in Houston on June 9, 2007; and |
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WHEREAS, Named for St. Arnold of Metz, the patron saint of |
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brewing, the Saint Arnold brewery was founded by Brock Wagner and |
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Kevin Bartol in 1994; the great-great-great-grandson of a brewer |
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from Alsace, Mr. Wagner developed a love of homebrewing during his |
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undergraduate years at Rice University; and |
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WHEREAS, Saint Arnold Brewing Company brews 10 varieties of |
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beer, five year-round and five seasonally, based on Mr. Wagner's |
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recipes, and the enterprise markets its brands in Houston, Austin, |
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Dallas, Fort Worth, and San Antonio; and |
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WHEREAS, The oldest craft brewery in Texas, the company |
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shipped its first keg of beer on June 9, 1994; several of its beers |
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have received awards from the Great American Beer Festival, the |
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World Beer Cup, the Real Ale Festival, the Colorado State Fair, and |
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the World Beer Championships; and |
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WHEREAS, This dynamic enterprise, with its committed staff of |
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17, represents the Texas entrepreneurial spirit at its finest, |
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contributing both to the economy of the Lone Star State and to the |
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culture and profession of brewing; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate the Saint Arnold Brewing Company of |
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Houston on the 13th anniversary of its first keg and extend to |
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company owner Brock Wagner and his employees best wishes for |
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continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the company as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |